I may have told this story, but my sister came across a substitute like that in third grade.
This woman went on a total power trip on a helpless class of third-graders. She screamed at them if they asked if they could get up to go to the bathroom or sharpen a pencil. She held them in class at the lunch bell so they didn't get to the lunchroom until halfway into the lunch period, and when questioned said they were misbehaving. She screamed and threw chalk and terrorized them until kids were crying. And then...she held them in class after the final bell rang.
They were in there long enough that I got bored waiting to walk home with my sister. I walked the four blocks home, caught holy hell from Dad for leaving my little sister to walk alone, and got three blocks back to school before meeting up with her. This took NEARLY AN HOUR. All the bus students, about half the class, missed their bus, and parents had to be called to get their kids. MILITARY parents. Who were very pissed about the whole thing.
The teacher kept insisting the class was so horrible that she had to keep them under control. According to my sister, everyone had been so terrified of her that no one dared to move. My sister told me what happened (we told each other everything back then) but refused to tell Dad because she was too scared of this woman.
The only reason she was ratted out was because one of the kids, when let out, ran crying to the fourth-grade teacher--her mother. The teacher got her calmed down, got the story, and went straight to the principal.
Rumor was that the woman served some time (I can't remember if it was jail or rehab), and was never allowed to teach again. Another rumor going around said she eventually reformed and became a daycare assistant. Even as a kid I was horrified at the idea of someone like that around really little kids.
This woman went on a total power trip on a helpless class of third-graders. She screamed at them if they asked if they could get up to go to the bathroom or sharpen a pencil. She held them in class at the lunch bell so they didn't get to the lunchroom until halfway into the lunch period, and when questioned said they were misbehaving. She screamed and threw chalk and terrorized them until kids were crying. And then...she held them in class after the final bell rang.
They were in there long enough that I got bored waiting to walk home with my sister. I walked the four blocks home, caught holy hell from Dad for leaving my little sister to walk alone, and got three blocks back to school before meeting up with her. This took NEARLY AN HOUR. All the bus students, about half the class, missed their bus, and parents had to be called to get their kids. MILITARY parents. Who were very pissed about the whole thing.
The teacher kept insisting the class was so horrible that she had to keep them under control. According to my sister, everyone had been so terrified of her that no one dared to move. My sister told me what happened (we told each other everything back then) but refused to tell Dad because she was too scared of this woman.
The only reason she was ratted out was because one of the kids, when let out, ran crying to the fourth-grade teacher--her mother. The teacher got her calmed down, got the story, and went straight to the principal.
Rumor was that the woman served some time (I can't remember if it was jail or rehab), and was never allowed to teach again. Another rumor going around said she eventually reformed and became a daycare assistant. Even as a kid I was horrified at the idea of someone like that around really little kids.
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